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This is a BABY shower? Holy crap!
Lady, I don't think games are going to be possible for a crowd that size. It's just not logical to try and organize! The only thing I can possibly think of it to put Pink/Blue M&Ms in a big jar, have people submit guesses about how many there are, and if they win they get a cutesy prize.
With over 100 people its going to be hard to have games that involve everyone. and if the games only involve a few people then the rest of the guests will be bored.
Out of control, huh?? The girl is 19 years old and not very bright. She also mentioned inviting "anyone who will get me a gift." I just got more "yes's" immediately after writing my post. The guest count is growing, and I am afriad the entire PARTY will get shut down.
Wow...you said she's your brother's girlfriend, so it seems to me since she hasn't had a wedding, she is treating this as her wedding, instead? Never heard of a DJ at a BABY SHOWER! A catered baby shower with a full bar and a DJ, lasting for six hours on a Saturday...
Don't really have any advice for you, sorry! Sounds like they are going overboard with this...maybe check out wedding-type games and then modify them for more baby-ish theme?
I'd probably just have some board games and cards available for people to play.
p.s. this is CRAZY TOWN.
I am also thinking that the opening gifts part is going to be well over an hour!!
Wait! Don't give up on me! :)
I still need some help!
Is it possible to make this not "tacky"....If we were to do a "Guess when the baby will be born" raffle type thing? If each guess was $1, and they had to guess day, time, length, and weight. Half the money collected could be the prize and the other half could be baby's diaper fund? Would you pay $1 for a guess? Or is that a tacky way to collect some cash? We would obviously have to mail the prize after the birth.
I need to see the hall to see if it will be big enough for game "stations" at which people could play if they want, or just wak on to the next one? Like decorating onesies, or pregnant twister?
I am really reaching here....
I think we will do the M&M thing. Thank you @KatyElle:
@heathaah: That is crazy! Holy cow thats a lot of people for a shower! Thats more like a wedding! I don't think the raffle is a bad idea. At this point, being tacky is the last thing that I would worry about! All I can think is just...wow.
@heathaah: They did the date the baby is bornguess thing at my baby shower but you got 2 tickets for a pack of diapers and 1 ticket for a pack of wipes! I had A LOT of diapers and wipes!
You could also get curling ribbon and have everyone guess the size of the belly! You can also do baby bingo (while opening gifts) and games that can be at stations for guests to come and go as they please like the nasty candy bar in the diaper or taste and guess what kind of baby food!
i help plan baby showers all the time. message me your email addy and i will send you samples and templates..
good luck!
oh. my. lanta.
that sounds insane. I'm so sorry you got put in charge of this! Not fun..
I like Katyelle's idea about guessing M&Ms and the gift bingo is a good idea too. We did that at my wedding shower and it wasn't bad. For a big group of people it would work. But I highly doubt that ALL the guests are going to sit and watch her open gifts, esp. if there are a lot of kids present.
The raffle thing sounds fine, since it's too big of a group for organized games anyway.
Good luck! I'm sorry I don't have any good ideas :(
@heathaah: This sounds like a circus! Maybe you can split the guys and girls up and then further divide those groups into teams and the regular games will work. Best of luck.
could you just do a raffle for baskets? Once the timer goes off whoever gift she is opening they get to pick a basket? With that many people in a small space I'm not sure what could actually work.
Good luck!
I agree- simply, voluntary games will be best. It will be too difficult to get the entire group to play a game all at once, especially if there's a bar, DJ, etc.
So games like pp suggested might work-- when a timer goes off during gifts, the person who brought the gift she is opening gets a prize.
Also, a betting pool on when the baby will be born, along with the weight could be cool. You could do a buck or two for the date and a buck or two for the weight. All of the money (or half) could go to the person who gets the closest. You could have a big poster board set up with a grid, so people can write in their name, guess for the date and guess for the weight.
Baby bingo is fun if you want to get people to watch the gifts. Although with that many people, there will probably be a lot of gifts to open-- she might want to do that later on her own time.
I will keep thinking!
My cousin had a shower like this (although not quite that big, but bigger than I ever imagined...)
We had stations to play games, there was the babyfood tasting game, there was the string game where you pick a length and whoever is closest to the mom's actual size wins, and I can't remember the third. It definitely helped mitigate the size issue, plus the people that aren't fans of the games (like me) can sit out and chat with friends... hope that helps!
@heathaah: I like the idea of a raffle and that's something everyone can have fun with. Or you could do a version of "Baby Trivia" for people who want to play, the DJ can do it. Ask silly questions like "Finish this nursery rhyme..." and A,B or C options like :
How many diapers on average does a baby go through the first year?
A. 9,000
B. 3,500
C. 750
You could have trivia tickets the guests can pick up at the door if they want to play. Each team gets a note pad with their team name on it to submit answers. You could divide it up into 4-5 "teams" say, blue team, pink team, green team, yellow team, orange team. It could be something like 25 minutes to play. Make sure the DJ announces no cheating by looking up answers on cell phones! Then someone would volunteer to tally up the answers (this doesn't take very long) while the shower continues, and then the DJ announces the winner. The winning team could win something silly like a baby related candy gift bag with candy pacifiers and bubblegum cigars.
Stuff like this is always good because people love games that are somewhat competitive and other than organizing the teams and coming up with questions, you wouldn't have to put a crazy amount of work into it.
Here's two games that we played at a shower that might work - give the handouts to people when they arrive and say the answers will be provided at XXpm and the winner will get a prize.
http://www.babyshower101.com/baby_shower_games_11.html
151 - Celebrity baby name game
152 - Celebrity match game
And . . . good luck.
Wow! That really does sound like crazy town! Truthfully, though, this does not sound like a baby shower. This sounds like a 19 year old's excuse to just throw a big party but give people a reason to bring her gifts.
A baby shower is intended to celebrate the impending birth of a baby and to gift the mother/father with things that they will need or want...a baby shower is not intended for people to trade a baby gift for the chance to party hard and drink themself stupid. Seems to me that this ordeal is about your brother's gf and not really about the baby.
That being said, everyone has different opinions. I'm an almost 30 year old fogie so my opinion is a bit skewed.
Good luck with all of this!!
I sure hope you are in a warm state and can distract some people (children especially) with outside lawn games etc. A few ideas for games that don't necessarily have to be played all at the same time.
What about a scavenger hunt where you just print off the papers and people go around and find different things baby related. "find someone who has three children" "Find someone who used cloth diapers" Find someone who has not had any children" "Find someone who is pregnant"
Guess the number of ______ in the jar can always work as a passive game provided you have someone who wants to sort out the answers at the end (sounds like a job I might want to take, sit away from people and find the right answer in the guesses) If you found a big jar you could use nuks, diaper pins, baby socks? something they will need when the child is born.
Identify the baby in the picture? Get baby pictures of a few close family members or siblings, hang them up on a clothes line and have people guess who they are.
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Please help!
I posted a question before about possible games for my brother's gf's baby shower. But the more I learn about the areas of the shower being planned by others, the more I realize normal games just won't work!
There will be about 95-105 people (over 160 invited!). Men, women, and children are all invited. This was EXTREMELY irresponsible of them seeing that they knew the hall could only hold 100 people MAX. So the space will be crowded and some people will be standing. It is being catered, and she has mentioned possibly having a DJ.?!?!?!?!
She also has a bar, which is fine normally. However, a good portion of the crowd (probably 40 or so) are between the ages of 19-24, and not exactly the "responsible" crowd. Several people also have substance use problems (or just lack of control/love to party type) to the point where we are hesitant to rent a helium tank for fear of what these kids will do. I should mention the shower time is 6pm to 12am on a saturday night.
This girl STILL expects me to plan some games!!!! WHAT??? HOW??? Please please please help me!!!!
ETA: Meant to put this under babies...sorry!